first name
CARMELA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,223 people named Carmela, 56.6% reported their origin as White, 31.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carmela peaked in 1923, when 586 babies got the name.
At least 24,511 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carmela by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #514. The largest share of babies named Carmela, 35.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carmela is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carmela has been most common in New York (6.2×), New Jersey (4.2×), and Connecticut (3.5×), and least common in Washington (0.13×).
19,368 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carmela, most common first.
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